Bristol Blenheim

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light bomber aircraft reconnaissance aircraft twin‑engine aircraft

The Bristol Blenheim was a British twin‑engine light bomber and reconnaissance aircraft widely used by Allied air forces in the early years of World War II.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Bristol Blenheim canonical	19
Bristol Blenheim (fighter variants)	2
Blenheim Mk I	1
Blenheim Mk IF	1
Blenheim Mk IV	1
Blenheim Mk IVF	1
Blenheim Mk V	1
Bristol Blenheim Mk I	1
Bristol Blenheim fighter variants	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	light bomber aircraft ⓘ reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ twin‑engine aircraft ⓘ
aircraftDesigner	Frank Barnwell ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Bristol Type 142 ⓘ surface form: Bristol Type 142M
armament	bombs ⓘ machine guns ⓘ
bombLoad	up to 1,000 lb of bombs ⓘ up to 454 kg of bombs ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
crew	3 ⓘ
developedFrom	Bristol Type 142 ⓘ
emptyWeight	about 3,674 kg ⓘ about 8,100 lb ⓘ
engineType	Bristol Mercury radial engine ⓘ
firstFlight	1935-06-25 ⓘ
grossWeight	about 12,400 lb ⓘ about 5,625 kg ⓘ
height	3.0 m ⓘ 9 ft 10 in ⓘ
introduced	1937 ⓘ
length	12.98 m ⓘ 42 ft 7 in ⓘ
manufacturer	Bristol Aeroplane Company ⓘ
maximumSpeed	about 266 mph ⓘ about 428 km/h ⓘ
notableOperation	Battle of Britain ⓘ Battle of France ⓘ Winter War ⓘ surface form: Finnish–Soviet Winter War North African campaign ⓘ surface form: North African Campaign first RAF bombing raid on Germany in World War II ⓘ
numberBuilt	about 4422 ⓘ
powerplant	2 × Bristol Mercury VIII radial engines ⓘ
retired	1956 ⓘ
role	ground attack aircraft ⓘ light bomber ⓘ maritime patrol aircraft ⓘ night fighter ⓘ
usedBy	Croatian Air Force (WWII) ⓘ surface form: Croatian Air Force Legion Finnish Air Force ⓘ Free French Forces ⓘ surface form: Free French Air Force Hellenic Air Force ⓘ surface form: Greek Air Force Indian Air Force ⓘ Romanian Air Force ⓘ Royal Air Force ⓘ Royal Australian Air Force ⓘ Royal Canadian Air Force ⓘ Royal New Zealand Air Force ⓘ South African Air Force ⓘ Turkish Air Force ⓘ Yugoslav Royal Air Force ⓘ
usedInConflict	World War II ⓘ
variant	Bristol Blenheim self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Blenheim Mk I Bristol Blenheim self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Blenheim Mk IF Bristol Blenheim self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Blenheim Mk IV Bristol Blenheim self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Blenheim Mk IVF Bristol Blenheim self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Blenheim Mk V
wingspan	17.17 m ⓘ 56 ft 4 in ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

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Yugoslav Royal Air Force → usedAircraft → Bristol Blenheim ⓘ

Royal Air Force Fighter Command → primaryAircraftType → Bristol Blenheim ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bristol Blenheim fighter variants

Royal Romanian Air Force → usedAircraft → Bristol Blenheim ⓘ

Fairey Battle → successor → Bristol Blenheim ⓘ

No. 12 Group RAF → usedAircraftType → Bristol Blenheim ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bristol Blenheim (fighter variants)

No. 10 Group RAF → usedEquipment → Bristol Blenheim ⓘ

No. 2 Group RAF → historicalAircraftTypeOperated → Bristol Blenheim ⓘ